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it was a totally different obama than the obama that showed up in the first presidential debate. obama was very energetic, very engaged. he defended his record. he went on the attack. he went off aiz opponent and i think -- after his opponent and i think the edge does have to go to him but mitt romney, he most certainly held his own. he too, attacked the president on everything from the economy, jobs. they debated libya, gun control, immigration policies, but again the edge is going to have to go to obama. both cnn and cbs put out instant polls. both of them gave president obama a seven-point lead but again that's an instant poll. we'll have to wait and see exactly how this plays out over the next few weeks leading up to the election. but again, if you're coming out here this morning walking down past the newseum, it is just fascinating going down the line and seeing how newspapers across the country are covering this. you can see mike here who has been working hard all morning long still putting them up. he's been doing a great job us for. i highly advise if you're in the area,
it was a totally different obama than the obama that showed up in the first presidential debate. obama was very energetic, very engaged. he defended his record. he went on the attack. he went off aiz opponent and i think -- after his opponent and i think the edge does have to go to him but mitt romney, he most certainly held his own. he too, attacked the president on everything from the economy, jobs. they debated libya, gun control, immigration policies, but again the edge is going to have to...
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>> it would be obama-loney. >> reporter: what's next? >> i think it's called romnesia. >> that's cute but what are you going to do for the future? >> reporter: don't give the president and his speech writers for all the credit for terms subjecting governor romney has forgotten his previous position. >> you probably have got romney. >> reporter: the obama campaign may have caught romnesia from twitter. the term was first tweeted months ago but most catch phrases just come tumbling out. >> it brought us whole binders full of women. >> reporter: the next thing you know. >> he started talking about binders. >> reporter: the opposition is brandishing a visual aid. take one of senior romney advisor described moving from the primaries to the general elections. >> it's almost like an etch sketch. >> reporter: that had stephen colbert reaching for the closest etch sketch shaking it up in an empty paint can and pulling a rabbit out of it. but you know who the etch sketch comment was really good for? the makers of etcha sketch. sales of these thing
>> it would be obama-loney. >> reporter: what's next? >> i think it's called romnesia. >> that's cute but what are you going to do for the future? >> reporter: don't give the president and his speech writers for all the credit for terms subjecting governor romney has forgotten his previous position. >> you probably have got romney. >> reporter: the obama campaign may have caught romnesia from twitter. the term was first tweeted months ago but most catch...
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we know president obama is good at that. he may not have to work very hard to show romney up at being warm and empathetic to voters. >> we do have to go but second chances, the second presidential debate, is it possible to do a doover? you have seen that in the past where a candidate fared worst in the beginning and came back? >> oh, yeah. i think that a lot of times sitting presidents don't do that well in the first debate. they don't spend as much time in preparation. they maybe think well, i know the issues. i don't have to practice as much. that lack of preparation clearly hurt president obama and a lot of it was performance stuff that's easy to fix. i do expect he will give a much better showing tonight. >> we'll be watching. thank you very much for coming in from des moines and talking with us. again 9news now is teaming up with our other sister paper "u.s.a. today" for tonight's debate beginning at 9:00 p.m. "u.s.a. today" reporters will be live blogging about what the candidates say. and you can see that live via our
we know president obama is good at that. he may not have to work very hard to show romney up at being warm and empathetic to voters. >> we do have to go but second chances, the second presidential debate, is it possible to do a doover? you have seen that in the past where a candidate fared worst in the beginning and came back? >> oh, yeah. i think that a lot of times sitting presidents don't do that well in the first debate. they don't spend as much time in preparation. they maybe...
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allen accused kaine of wanting to be president obama's senator, he pointed to the sportif obama care and environmental regulations and tax increases for the well think. but cane e accused allen of being an ideal log who will promote gridlock on capitol hill. allen accused cane e of neglecting his responsibilities as governor while serving as chairman of the democratic national party. >>> it is 6:35. and time for another your money report. google is reportedly blaming the financial printers company. the draft shows the internet giant missed expectations on both revenue and earnings. google's stock plummeted about 10% before it was halted and eventually ended the day down 8%. they're working the finalize the earnings statement and they're planning to issue a release this afternoon discussing both earnings and what happened yesterday. >>> and this is kind of fun. it is sort of an election of cents. what we bring you this morning. this comes from bliss. and this is of course the spa that is in the w hotel. they've come out with two hand lotions for the president and for the governor. thi
allen accused kaine of wanting to be president obama's senator, he pointed to the sportif obama care and environmental regulations and tax increases for the well think. but cane e accused allen of being an ideal log who will promote gridlock on capitol hill. allen accused cane e of neglecting his responsibilities as governor while serving as chairman of the democratic national party. >>> it is 6:35. and time for another your money report. google is reportedly blaming the financial...
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president obama will be at george mason university this morning. mitt romney will be in abingdon, virginia. the polls show the race is a close one right now. >>> one person jumped from a burning building last night and was seriously hurt. three others hospitalized after this fire it was along hay street near first street northwest. >>> the baltimore orioles are ready for their first playoff appearance in 15 years. they will take on the texas rangers tonight in the a. l. wild card game. the nationals will play the winner of the nl wild card game on sunday. >>> time right now is 6:53. and we're going to answer the question of the morning -- >> and the answer is a., class ring and a million years i thought it was going to be overalls or the team jersey. >> your overalls are safe mike hydeck. go ahead and let that flag fly. >>> one more check of traffic and weather right after this. >>> one more sort of sad thing before we go. one of our favorite people at channel 9 who has been here for a long time. dan -- >> producer dan. >> producer dan. >> our 6:00
president obama will be at george mason university this morning. mitt romney will be in abingdon, virginia. the polls show the race is a close one right now. >>> one person jumped from a burning building last night and was seriously hurt. three others hospitalized after this fire it was along hay street near first street northwest. >>> the baltimore orioles are ready for their first playoff appearance in 15 years. they will take on the texas rangers tonight in the a. l. wild...
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not that mitt romney beat president obama -- i'm not sure if he did, but barack obama did not look good last week. what vice president biden has to do is stop the bleeding. >> what does paul ryan need to do to keep the momentum going that mitt romney accelerated last week? >> both these candidates are really smart guys that know washington, know how buckets work. -- budgets work. that's what paul ryan's specialty is. he has to show his expertise. this is a great opportunity for him to introduce himself to the american people again and to show take he's somebody that we can credibly believe is one heart beat away frbing president -- from being president. >> we don't vote for vice president. we do vote for them but you know what i'm saying. that's not why you go to the polls and elect the top of the ticket. does the debate really mean that much in the long run? >> typically these debates are memorable for gaffes and faults. >> joe biden has provided us many. >> but he's a great debater. he was fantastic four years ago and walk add fine line against a candidate that was considered to be a
not that mitt romney beat president obama -- i'm not sure if he did, but barack obama did not look good last week. what vice president biden has to do is stop the bleeding. >> what does paul ryan need to do to keep the momentum going that mitt romney accelerated last week? >> both these candidates are really smart guys that know washington, know how buckets work. -- budgets work. that's what paul ryan's specialty is. he has to show his expertise. this is a great opportunity for him...
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obama wasn't really committed to his debate preparations. that has not been a problem with this one. biden spent basically a three- day weekend doing debate prep. they've been doing debate trep for paul eyian -- prep for paul ryan. they'll be pretty sharp i expect. >> we talked about congressman ryan, very intelligent and he knows what he's talking about but sometimes his views don't match with the top of the ticket. do we expect joe biden to exploit that? >> yeah. i think there have been a couple of issues, particularly there is the tax and sort of the budget policy that is ryan's budget, the sort of big topic of discussion in politics now. this would be a great opportunity for biden to push at that and see whether or not ryan is committed to all of it and what the details are. also mr. romney talked about abortion in murky terminology. again an opportunity for biden to try and push at that topic. >> the same thing with congressman ryan. he can also push that the administration can't run away from where we are in the economy, even now forei
obama wasn't really committed to his debate preparations. that has not been a problem with this one. biden spent basically a three- day weekend doing debate prep. they've been doing debate trep for paul eyian -- prep for paul ryan. they'll be pretty sharp i expect. >> we talked about congressman ryan, very intelligent and he knows what he's talking about but sometimes his views don't match with the top of the ticket. do we expect joe biden to exploit that? >> yeah. i think there...
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and president obama wasn't a winner either. he lacked aggression. he we'd like you to leave your comments by going to our facebook page wusa9. >>> the economy and jobs will be an important part of the election. jessica is here with our local jobs picture and it's pretty good compared to the rest of the country. >> this is another situation where we're saying thank goodness we live in the washington region. the latest unemployment figures are out. let's take a look. at 5.5%, the washington metro area continues to have the lowest unemployment rate of the nation's major job markets. unemployment down all over. northern virginia came in at 4.3%, down from 4.8% at this time last year. suburban maryland stood at 6%, town from 6.2%. d.c. 8.8%. that was down from 10.4% this time last year. things are looking good right now but they may not continue to do so. >> when i first got here, it was always about the federal government and contractors made this place recession proof until we heard the word sequestration. and that's going to take a big hit on this are
and president obama wasn't a winner either. he lacked aggression. he we'd like you to leave your comments by going to our facebook page wusa9. >>> the economy and jobs will be an important part of the election. jessica is here with our local jobs picture and it's pretty good compared to the rest of the country. >> this is another situation where we're saying thank goodness we live in the washington region. the latest unemployment figures are out. let's take a look. at 5.5%, the...
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. >> astaire a mergener reports, -- tara mergener reports, president obama is looking to make changes for this one. >> reporter: president obama took a brief break from debate prep to visit a campaign office in virginia. the president has been hold up at a williamsburg, virginia resort studying and this time aides say things will be different. prior to the first debate in denver, the president held a campaign rally and took a field trip to hoover dam. when asked how his preparations were coming along? >> it's a drag. they're making me do my homework. >> reporter: but he had a different answer when asked the same question on sunday. >> it is going great. >> reporter: the obama campaign says president obama knows he has to do better this time. >> nobody is a harsher critic than the president is of himself. he viewed the tape. i think he's going to make some adjustments on tuesday. you know, i'm not going to get into detail about strategic changes that he might make, but i just encourage you to watch. >> reporter: mitt romney's campaign believes the first debate could not have gone bette
. >> astaire a mergener reports, -- tara mergener reports, president obama is looking to make changes for this one. >> reporter: president obama took a brief break from debate prep to visit a campaign office in virginia. the president has been hold up at a williamsburg, virginia resort studying and this time aides say things will be different. prior to the first debate in denver, the president held a campaign rally and took a field trip to hoover dam. when asked how his preparations...
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senior advisors from the romney and obama campaigns will be with us. we'll ask them about a controversial video of president obama that just resurfaced. how the vice presidential candidates are clashing on the campaign trail and what can we expect tonight. we were there last month as scientists caught and tagged a great white shark. remember that? we've been tracking it and today you may be surprised to see what we've learned. we'll share that with you today starting at 7:00. back to you. >> thank you, gayle. >>> this week marks the tenth anniversary of the sniper shootings which terrorized our region. ten people died, three more were hurt and the deadliest day was this date ten years ago. that's when four people were gunned down on what started out as a normal morning in our region. kristin fisher is live at one of those shootings, the leisure world shopping plaza in silver spring. >> reporter: good morning. ten years ago today today was the day law enforcement really realized they were dealing with a person or persons who were targeting innocent rand
senior advisors from the romney and obama campaigns will be with us. we'll ask them about a controversial video of president obama that just resurfaced. how the vice presidential candidates are clashing on the campaign trail and what can we expect tonight. we were there last month as scientists caught and tagged a great white shark. remember that? we've been tracking it and today you may be surprised to see what we've learned. we'll share that with you today starting at 7:00. back to you....
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making sure he has enough campaign money to make it through the final weeks. >> reporter: president obama is raising more cash in california today. last night at a star studded los angeles fundraiser the president joked about his lackluster debate performance following songs from katy perry and stevie wonder. >> they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> the president also accused his opponent, mitt romney, of backing away from campaign promise. >> obviously the governor knows his tax cut isn't too popular. so a few wicks before the election he is trying to pretend it doesn't exist. >> reporter: romney is in virginia today if a rally and what is being called a major foreign policy address. excerpts from the speech have already been released. romney witness a change of course in the middle east, including tougher sanctions on iran. and he will call on the u.s. to work with other nations to arm rebels in syria with weapons that can defeat the presence's army. -- the president's army. romney promised to be a strong international leader if elected. >> when i am
making sure he has enough campaign money to make it through the final weeks. >> reporter: president obama is raising more cash in california today. last night at a star studded los angeles fundraiser the president joked about his lackluster debate performance following songs from katy perry and stevie wonder. >> they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> the president also accused his opponent, mitt romney, of backing away from campaign promise....
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for president obama, he needs to keep the momentum going. he wants to keep romney on the defense and that's what he's going to look to accomplish with the debate. >> it's going to be very tough. we're talking about the economy and the president has to answer that infamous question are we better off today than four years ago. seems like his advisors have even had problems answering that question. >> yeah. but at the same time he's definitely i think sort of turned the question into well, yes, we aren't better off than with you are four years ago today but remember where you were four years ago today and how we were on the cusp of depression and it could have been a lot worse. and, you know, whether you agree with him or disagree with him, he's been able to turn the question around pretty aptly. >> governor romney has changed his opinion on the dream act and governor chris christie says he has to do something bold and he will do something bold. is this the beginning of seeing bold moves by governor romney? >> he's got to do something. the race
for president obama, he needs to keep the momentum going. he wants to keep romney on the defense and that's what he's going to look to accomplish with the debate. >> it's going to be very tough. we're talking about the economy and the president has to answer that infamous question are we better off today than four years ago. seems like his advisors have even had problems answering that question. >> yeah. but at the same time he's definitely i think sort of turned the question into...
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president obama and mitt romney have canceled events for today. >>> we are back at 6:35. this is always the place to get your weather first. look at the surf again kicking up. that's in delaware. that's where kristen fisher has been located the last few days. >> that looks almost like a nice beach day. >> exactly. >> i have a question that's not exactly -- well, it's weather related. can you guess why more trees didn't come down? >> i think a lot of the leaves had come off of the trees north and eastful they can catch the wind but they get more resistance. >> did we have the drenching rain? that's what i was told. >> we had drenching rain. i just heard a report in saint mary's county, 8 and a half inchings. thank you for that. >> what about here in the city? >> about of inches of rain. we had record national. our draught is pretty much done. we got a 2.5 inch instead of 8 inch deficit. they are draught busters. >> a lot of the weak trees will come down over the last few storms. >> i can't recollects kind of thinking it out. >>> let's talk about the weather. it's still kin
president obama and mitt romney have canceled events for today. >>> we are back at 6:35. this is always the place to get your weather first. look at the surf again kicking up. that's in delaware. that's where kristen fisher has been located the last few days. >> that looks almost like a nice beach day. >> exactly. >> i have a question that's not exactly -- well, it's weather related. can you guess why more trees didn't come down? >> i think a lot of the leaves...
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he slammed the obama administration's economic record. >> this is not what a real recovery looks like. we need real reforms for real recovery and that's exactly what mitt romney and i are proposing. >> reporter: after several heated exchanges, ryan insinuated that president obama's debate performance last week was motivating the vice president. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up lost ground. >> reporter: as for who won, it depends on who you ask. instant polls taken right after the debate are mixed. in a cbs news poll of uncommitted voters, 50% thought the vice president won. 31% sided for ryan and 19% called it a tie. 56% thought biden would be an effective president if necessary compared with 4 -9d -- with 49% for ryan. not surprisingly both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risks of electing a romney-ryan ticket. the next presidential debate is tuesday. randall pinkston, cbs news, danville, kentucky. >>> ray locker is washington enterprise editor at "u.s.a. today."
he slammed the obama administration's economic record. >> this is not what a real recovery looks like. we need real reforms for real recovery and that's exactly what mitt romney and i are proposing. >> reporter: after several heated exchanges, ryan insinuated that president obama's debate performance last week was motivating the vice president. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up lost ground. >> reporter: as for who won, it depends on who you ask. instant...
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just last month romney trailed obama by nine points. now he's pulled ahead. governor romney told cadets at the virginia military institute he'll strengthen america's defense as commander in chief. he says president obama has failed to lead on the world stage, especially in the middle east. >> it's clear that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. >> governor romney said he would work to stabilize the new governments in libya and egypt and help armed syrian rebels trying to overthrow the assad regime. voters favor president obama when it comes to foreign policy. >> we'll sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. >> neither of the presidential candidates nor their running mates served in the military. this is the first election where that's happened in 80 years. >>> 6:36 now. republican george allen and democrat tim kaine squared off in a debate last night. both men hoping to become virginia's next junior senator. throughout the debate, they each took shots at the other's past performance as governor
just last month romney trailed obama by nine points. now he's pulled ahead. governor romney told cadets at the virginia military institute he'll strengthen america's defense as commander in chief. he says president obama has failed to lead on the world stage, especially in the middle east. >> it's clear that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. >> governor romney said he would work to stabilize the new governments in libya and egypt...
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vote. >> president obama also listed his achieves in the war on terror in a speech in athens, ohio. today he's heading to new hampshire with plans to talk about the economy. >>> the time right now is 6:06. i'm watching your money and in this half-hour, we're focusing on some positive local economic news. a hot neighborhood is getting even hotter. we're talking about adams morgan. here with us is the senior curator for gilt city d.c. and she joins us this morning. thank you for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> adams morgan is an interesting case because there have been national studies that looked at independent business owners. adams morgan was sort of held up as a banner neighborhood across the country for independent businesses fostering local economic growth and it's only gotten better since then. you're focusing on a couple of trends you're seeing in the neighborhood. we're going to start with yoga. >> right. gilt city provides insider access and experiences to all your favorite restaurants, salons, spas, fitness studios. so yoga we have up on our website right now giltcit
vote. >> president obama also listed his achieves in the war on terror in a speech in athens, ohio. today he's heading to new hampshire with plans to talk about the economy. >>> the time right now is 6:06. i'm watching your money and in this half-hour, we're focusing on some positive local economic news. a hot neighborhood is getting even hotter. we're talking about adams morgan. here with us is the senior curator for gilt city d.c. and she joins us this morning. thank you for...
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. >>> the last of the campaign 2012 debates between president obama and governor mitt romney. who is going to show up in the final showdown? joining me this morning is paul singer. thanks so much for coming in this morning. what kind of fireworks, if any, are we going to expect from tonight's final debate? and certainly we expect to see a very heated discussion over who's got the better plan for addressing u.s. challenges abroad. obama has a record of both successes and defeats over the past four years, so he will be playing defense. obviously a lot of discussion about iran, libya, particularly the death of our ambassador. >> in terms of iran, there was news over the weekend that the u.s. is potentially getting into one-on-one discussions about nuclear weapons in iran. how could that potentially play into this debate tonight? >> for any sitting president there is a bunch of stuff you don't really within to talk about. diplomacy goes on best behind closed doors. the republicans are accusing the administration of selectively leak thing material so they can say oh yes, we have a
. >>> the last of the campaign 2012 debates between president obama and governor mitt romney. who is going to show up in the final showdown? joining me this morning is paul singer. thanks so much for coming in this morning. what kind of fireworks, if any, are we going to expect from tonight's final debate? and certainly we expect to see a very heated discussion over who's got the better plan for addressing u.s. challenges abroad. obama has a record of both successes and defeats over...
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he says it regards president obama. he's been teasing it on facebook and twitter and several news outlets. the business tycoon and reality tv star has given a few hints that he's been a very local supporter of mitt romney and been a huge critic of the president, challenging the validity of the president's birth certificate. the announcement is expected to happen at noon on facebook and twitter. >>> the president will be taking care of business. he will tackle some issues with younger voters. during a q & a on mtv. the special will air on friday. an audience of 18 to 29-yards will be there at -- 29-year- olds will be there to ask the commander in chief questions. the topic will range from jobs, cost of college, same-sex rights and immigration. >>> a medical emergency aboard a southwest airlines flight from las vegas to tampa bay forced the plane to stop in el paso, texas. a passenger shot this video as doctors aboard worked to make the patient comfortable. paramedics met the flight and transported the passenger to the ho
he says it regards president obama. he's been teasing it on facebook and twitter and several news outlets. the business tycoon and reality tv star has given a few hints that he's been a very local supporter of mitt romney and been a huge critic of the president, challenging the validity of the president's birth certificate. the announcement is expected to happen at noon on facebook and twitter. >>> the president will be taking care of business. he will tackle some issues with younger...
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. >>> president obama on a campaign swing stopped off at the tonight show last night. he encouraged voters to go to the polls making it an opportunity to condemn the remarks of an indiana republican senate candidate richard mourdock about rape and pregnancy. mourdock said during a debate that when pregnancy results from rape, it's something god intended. president obama said the remark didn't make any sense to him and such comments show why candidates, especially male should not make comments about women's health care. >>> a tunisian man is facing charges in connection with the september attack in benghazi. four americans were killed including ambassador chris stevens. >>> the white house, the state department and f.b.i. were informed a terror group had claimed credit for the attack on facebook and twitter just two hours after it started. that's according to e-mails obtained by cbs news. the e-mails also suggest u.s. diplomats were informing officials in washington about the assault as it was unfoaldzing. this race -- unfolding. this races further -- raises further con
. >>> president obama on a campaign swing stopped off at the tonight show last night. he encouraged voters to go to the polls making it an opportunity to condemn the remarks of an indiana republican senate candidate richard mourdock about rape and pregnancy. mourdock said during a debate that when pregnancy results from rape, it's something god intended. president obama said the remark didn't make any sense to him and such comments show why candidates, especially male should not make...